Greece delays stress test until October

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The Bank of Greece says it will postpone stress tests on domestic banks due this autumn. The bank says the original scheduled date will come too soon, after the results of the Europe-wide checks published in July.

Crisis-hit Greece is obliged to carry out regular bank health tests under the terms of its 110 billion euro bail-out agreement with the EU and International Monetary Fund. The tests aim to check banks can cope with Greece's debt crisis and austerity-induced recession.

The central bank also says the decision isn't related to the Greek bank mergers expected in the coming months.

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